Sharp County record., 1887-11-10

ToRYpapers in England publish as fact
that Lord Randolph Churchillis TO succseo
Lord Lansdowne as Governor -General ol
Canada in May next.
THE persons charged with French dec
Grafton sales have been held for tr!al on
November I. This is the Inauguration ol
prosecutions in connection with Wha' Is
known as the War Office scandal
The steamship Cephalonia sailed ior LSa
Liverpool on the 9th with John l. sum,
van and party on board. A large crown
of sports saw him off.
THE New Hampshire House has passed
the bill to create State board OF arOlIra'
! tiOn.
ALrAMoyr, bay stallion, died at the
Jewett stock farm at East Aurora, n. T.,
on the 9th, of col!c. He was sired ny
Altamont, SO, dam by Mambrlno flo''
He was never tried for speed, but 1t was
intended to give him a trial this sea-
son. He was valued at $4,000.
JOHN GLASS, aged sixty years, resi-
dent of Loretto, Pa, while driving palt
of horses over the railroad crossing az
L1lv,s station. on the 27sh, was struck by
the day express and fatally injured bo'n
horses were instantly killed
THE Pan Handle road paid S,VVV as
COMPROMISE for the killing of Joseph kIcn
and ch Id, the injury of his wife and the
loss Of a team. The accident was the re-
sult of fast running at bad crossing.
THE first reunion of Ricketts, Battery
commanded by Colonel r. Bruce Kick
etts. was held at Harrisburg, Pa, on tne
9th. The veterans elected officers ana
formed permanent organization 49,
r KEOX has cabled London Sporting Lye
oFarin q to match Kilrain against Sullivan,
London prize-ring rules, for any sum from
s., 900 to 10000 a side, within three months
from January 9, 1888, He will send for,
felt of 800.
SIR WnFRED BLUNT, who was arrested
at Woodford, Ireland, for speaking at a
proclaimed meeting, was found guilty OF
violating the Irish Crimes act, and sem
t4nced to two months Imprisonment. No
tice of appeal was given by defendants
counsel.
IT IS stated that Prince Ferdinand OF
Bulgaria has advanced $4,000 from his
private fortune to the Bulgarian Treas
urv TO hasten the completion of railways.
SYSTEMATIC robbing Of freight cars On
the Southern Pacific railroad has been goa
ing on for six months between Tuscon,
Ariz., and Ell Paso. Detectives have ar
rested J. Griffith, freight conductor, and
Charles Eddy and J. Burchmel, freight
brakemen. The evidence pointed strong.
" to them. All confessed their guilt and
implicated others.
ARGUMENTS were made by Mr.. Tucker
and Attorney General Hunt in the An
archists' case, at Washington on the 9th.
THE New York health authorities claim
there is no danger of cholera from the re-
Gently arrived immigrants.
ALARGE crowd gathered at Richmond,
Va, on the 9th, to witness the corner
stone ceremonies of the Lee Monument
Association,
THROUGH trusty prisoner the warden
of the Ohio pN itentiary was informed Of
a wholesale delivery plan in time to pre-
vent its success.
THE Canadian Department Of Fisheries
has at last entered upon its scheme for
stocking the Pacific coast with lobsteEs,
and specially fitted-up car is on the way
over the Inter Colonial road, where it will
receive a cargo of live Holsters, and then
tart for Vancouver, B. c.
A DELEGATION representing certain CO
operators in the Lehigh (Pa.) region
ctAled at the Executive Department at
Harrisburg on the 9th. They anticipate
trouble in the coal regions where the strike
is now on. The Hungarians are greatly
excited and many show decided disppsi
tion for mischief.
THE Austrian Government has intro
duced in the Reichsrath bill to restriP
excessive drinking throughout the empire.
THE Duke of Edinburgh, Queen VIC
toria's second son, after getting the com.
membership of the Mediterranean feet
will now probably get the most coveted
post in the service, the commandership at
Portsmouth, which is the chief naval dis
trict in England.